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Greeley highlighted by irrigation in 1887 editors visit
An account of the National Editorial Association tour through Colorado details their stop in Greeley, the Garden City, and nearby Weld County fairs. Observers praise irrigation based farming, note the Oasis Hotel banquet, the city’s temperance rules, and the town’s rapid growth since 1870 under Meeker and Greeley.
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National Editorial Association
Denver
Union Pacific
Greeley
Fort Collins
Longmont
Boulder
Colorado
Hastings
Minnesota
Weld County
Farmington
Oasis
N. EK. A
Horace Greeley
Father Meeker
Sentinel
Morrison
Ilinois
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Colony
N. C. Meeker
New Orleans
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Jersey
Oasis Hotel
Colorado Desert
Rocky Mountains
Platteville
Wisconsin
Association
Weld County Fair
Cache-la-Poudre
Meeker
White River Agency
The
N.C. Meeker
Middle States
Rocky Mountain
West
van Alstyne
Texas
Cache la Poudre
Tuscarawas
Ohio
Platte River
Alderney
Galloway